Nikol Pashinyan refuses to get moral and material compensation in margins of his case in ECHR against Armenia

The European Court of Human Rights has addressed 2 questions to the Armenian government regarding the complaints of Nikol Pashinyan against Armenia submitted still on April 1, 2010, lawyer Vahe Grigoryan said, adding that the ECHR has communicated the applications to the Armenian government on January 15, 2019.

In his complaint Pashinyan noted that his persecution and detention were politically motivated and connected with his political speeches voiced during political rallies and marches from the period of 20/02/2008-01/03/2008. He also stressed that his conviction and detention were not based on any proofs and were just aimed at stopping him from his political activity and punishing for his approaches.

The ECHR asked whether the arrest of the applicant (from 12/10/2009 to 19/01/2010) was compatible to the demand of Human Rights Convention on protection from arbitrary and unlawful detention and the second, whether by starting criminal persecution against the applicant and with his detention the rights of the free expression and conduction of peaceful rallies envisaged by Article 10 and 11 of the Convention were violated.

As far as the applicant has not made any publications till now and as far as the issue is of public significance the ECHR conducted consultations with Pashinyan after he has been elected prime minister of the country. Pashinyan said he refuses to file any moral and material demands against Armenia. No compensation demands will be filed in the further phases of the case as well, as he considers the implementation of justice by ECHR and the voicing of truth by it as full moral and material compensation to his illegal persecution and long-term detention.